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Film which follows the presidential couple on their first date through Chicago’s South Side in the late 80s has already received positive reviews<p>The first date between Barack and Michelle Obama is brought to the screen in Southside With You, a Before Sunrise-style indie that has already received …

Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! re-creates a 1980s adolescence that will seem alien to today’s teens<p>The ageing process may be gradual but the realisation that it is fully under way is like a large penny (or shilling, depending on your age) dropping with an unwelcome clang. One morning, …

The Oscar-nominated actor gets fired up about equal pay, refusing to play the damsel – and the truth about her ‘fight’ with Jennifer Lawrence<p>Jessica Chastain is such an extraordinary actor that you almost miss her. She brings so little ego to the roles she plays, so little of herself, that you go …

What would "Lord of the Rings" look like with Nicolas Cage in one of the main roles?<p>Characters become iconic thanks in large part to the actors who bring them to life, and it's often hard to imagine anyone else in the role after the fact.<p>But some actors are fired from a role, some leave because of …

Major film studios have much of their production schedules mapped out years in advance. By default, cinemas have pretty full calendars themselves. With a finite number of screens, theaters can only take so many movies from other distributors. Competition for these slots is fierce, and when film …

There was so much going on in <i>Batman v. Superman</i> that you’re forgiven if you missed any of the myriad sidebars that sent the action and the plot moving in 100 different directions. One of those diversions wound up being our first look at Jason Momoa as Aquaman, and it got the ball rolling for that …

This past weekend, we finally got the answer to the question “Will <i>Batman v Superman</i> Be Good, Or Bad, Or Just Good To The People Who Thought <i>Man Of Steel</i> Was Good, Or What.” But the answer was largely in front of us all along. All anyone needed to do was turn to director Zack Snyder’s 2011 film <i>Sucker</i> …

Stacey Dash may have won the Oscar for most awkward moment in Academy Awards history, but that wasn't the only time we cringed during the show. Here are some of the other lowlights from both the red carpet and the ceremony.<p><i>Produced by Chris Snyder</i><p><b>Follow TI:</b> On Faceboook

<b>[SPOILERS: Seriously, don't read if you're not caught up on the show or the comic.]</b><p>"The Walking Dead" is set to kick off the second half of its sixth season this month. The biggest twist to this ongoing saga of survival is that a major new villain will soon make his debut: Negan. Jeffrey Dean …

Things look very grim for one of the show’s stars.<p>Comic-book fans and spoiler addicts knew it was <i>probably</i> coming, but now there‘s even more evidence: <i>The Walking Dead</i> is going <i>very</i> dark for its mid-season premiere.<p>But before we get to the spoilery section of this post, let’s let <b>Andrew Lincoln,</b> a.k.a. …

Did you take a look at Arca Space's honest-to-goodness actual hoverboard and think that $19,900 was a bit too much? That's excellent, because the firm has revealed that its canny business deals have lowered the price down to just $14,900. It's a fact that should please all none of its pre-order …

On Tuesday night, Warner Bros. unveiled a new trailer for this summer's "Suicide Squad" film .<p>Based on the comic-book series of the same name , the Suicide Squad is a team of supervillains recruited to go on missions that have almost no odds of survival. They're suicide missions, hence the name. …

When you think of Google Street View, you'll probably get visions of the company's camera-mounted cars or its colossal Trekker backpacks. The search giant has sent them to some of the world's most picturesque locations, but for its latest Street View project, things have got a whole lot smaller. …

Pan Jiutang, a China-based analyst who specializes in China's electronics supply chain, says ( via Times of India ) Samsung is considering cutting the price of the flagship line by about 10%.<p>This means the Galaxy S7 might start at around $600. The Galaxy S6 started at about $650 when it released in …

With "Game of Thrones" heading into its sixth season, fans are dying to learn the fates of their favorite characters. We know author George R.R. Martin has told the showrunners how the series will end, but the information ends there.<p>Naturally, fans have come up with their own ideas about the …

It's glaringly obvious on any red carpet that skin is more in than ever. Let's celebrate women who've dared to (very nearly) bare all. (Warning: NSFW!)<p>It's glaringly obvious on any red carpet that skin is more in than ever. Here, we celebrate some of the world's most fearless female celebs in all …

Don't be afraid to cook that $50 porterhouse steak—this method is fool-proof.<p>We get it: Cooking a steak can be intimidating. Especially a $50 steak. But this technique, from H. Alexander Talbot and Aki Kamozawa, the genius folks behind cooking blog Ideas in Food, is fool-proof. Read on for 8 steps …

Last year was a truly bizarre year for bad movies, because it felt like there were almost too many to keep track of. Hell, I had to write an amendment to my list just to make sure that <i>Jobs</i> was included, since I couldn’t remember all of them. This year was a lot different, though. From the first …

Body transformation is not a novel concept in Hollywood. In fact, it’s one of the methods that shows your determination and adherence to a role’s integrity, nudging you ever so closer to that golden statue (i.e. <i>Philadelphia</i>, <i>Dallas Buyers Club</i>, and the list goes on and on…). Certainly, in the …

Nokia just unveiled its new N1 tablet on Tuesday, but that's not the only Android announcement to come from the Finnish gadget company. Nokia just took its Z Launcher out of private beta, meaning anyone can download the home screen replacement from the Google Play Store starting today.<p>The Z …

They bring in the big bucks, provide multiple spinoffs and sequels and offset the general decline in cinema audiences in the US, but is Hollywood overdoing it when it comes to superheroes?<p>Over the next five years a remarkable 30 superhero movies are expected to be released by Disney, Warner Bros., …

Facebook’s News Feed is broken! Facebook is only showing me stupid stuff! My News Feed is boring! Facebook is lame! The News Feed is useless!<p>If any of those exclamations sound familiar, this quick guide is for you and your friends. Most articles about “fixing” and “improving” the News Feed focus on …

Sigourney Weaver and director Ridley Scott on the set of "Alien." (Robert Penn / 20th Century Fox)<p>Actress Sigourney Weaver. (Casey Curry / Associated Press)<p>Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, in a scene from the 1979 film "Alien." (20th Century Fox)<p>A scene from "Alien." (20th Century Fox)<p>A scene from …

“I imagine cracking open her head, unspooling her brain, trying to get answers,” Ben Affleck thinks in a voiceover while cinematically caressing Rosamund Pike’s beautiful, cinematic hair in the opening of <i>Gone Girl.</i> A movie you <i>think</i> is going to be the increasingly terrifying tale of domestic ennui …

I’ve seen <i>The Shawshank Redemption</i> from start to finish twice. Like many I assume, I’ve seen bits and pieces of it probably 500 times, thanks to TNT’s constant rotation. The movie is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its release this week, and if Ted Turner doesn’t have it somewhere on the TNT …

If your cravings at night make you resemble a rabid raccoon picking through a dumpster, you're not alone. "Nighttime is by far the most common time to have cravings or feel hungrier," says Dr. Scott Isaacs, an endocrinologist at Emory University and author of Beat Overeating Now!<p>Blame your hunger …